Wire-fence clamp.



W. E. PAYNE.

WIRE FENCE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED M-AR.23, 1914.

1,1 30,328, PatentedMar. 2, 1915.

Witnesses 9 i W a $51, flmm TINTTEE STATE WILLIAM E. PAYNE, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-FENCE CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,618.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. PAYNE, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Owosso, in the county of Shiawasse and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire- Fence Clamps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clamping devices for engaging with the end portions of wire fences in order to pull the fence longitudinally to make it taut before securing it to the fence posts; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a fence clamp constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a front View of the clamp showing also a portion of a wire fence. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the fence clamp, taken on the line ww in Fig. 2, and drawn to a larger scale.

A wooden post 2 is provided, and a shallow fiat-bottomed groove 3 is formed in one face of this post. A sling 1 is secured to one side of the post 2 for the connection of the tightening mechanism, which is of any approved construction. Loop-shaped bolts or staples 5 are inserted in holes in the post at intervals of its length. These bolts are arranged so that they straddle the groove 3, and they are slidable in the holes in the post, and are provided with nuts 8 on the other side of the post from the groove, for adjusting the position of their cross portions which form pivots 10. Cams 9 are journaled on the pivots l0, and are provided end portion of the post are made to work in one direction, and the cams at the other. s

end portion of the post are made to work in the other direction. The end portion of the wire fence 14 is inserted between the post 2 and a metallic clamping-bar 15 which enters the groove 3 and is arranged under the cams. The cams press the wires of the fence into the groove, and clamp them between the bar and the post. The main post may be made of any other approved material besides wood, and the shanks of the bolts 5 straddle the pressure-bar or clamping-bar 15 and form a guide for it. As certain of the cams work in opposite directions, the bar is not moved longitudinally by frictional contact with them, as two of the cams can be moved in opposite directions simultaneously.

What I claim is? A fence clamp, comprising a single main post provided with a series of holes arranged in pairs, said holes being arranged vertically in line with each other and upon opposite sides of the middle part of the post, of staple-shaped .pivot bolts having their shanks secured in the said holes, a flat clamping bar normally slidable in the spaces between the shanks of the pivot bolts and arranged opposite the middle part of the main post, and locking cams pivoted on the pivot bolts and bearing against the said. clamping bar.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. PAYNE.

WVitnesses:

J. H. PAYNE, N. V. BOWLES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C." 

